US7644820B2 - Transporting crate for picture frames - Google Patents

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US7644820B2
US7644820B2 US11/491,679 US49167906A US7644820B2 US 7644820 B2 US7644820 B2 US 7644820B2 US 49167906 A US49167906 A US 49167906A US 7644820 B2 US7644820 B2 US 7644820B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
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    • B65D81/1275—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material laminated or bonded to the inner wall of a container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/053—Corner, edge or end protectors
    • B65D81/057—Protectors contacting four surfaces of the packaged article, e.g. four-sided corner protectors

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  • the invention relates to a transporting crate for picture frames.
  • the teaching of the present invention is explained hereinbelow with reference to the preferred application area for picture frames. It should always be kept in mind, however, that the teaching of the invention can also be applied to other corresponding sheet-like objects d'art such as wooden panels, altarpieces or reliefs, but also for frameless pictures, if these are underpinned by additional supporting plates or panels.
  • the teaching of the present invention also concerns a method of positioning and fixing a picture frame in a transporting crate of the type in question.
  • Transporting crates are usually used for transporting pictures in picture frames. These crates are usually produced from wood and contain the picture in the frame in the state in which it is positioned in soft padding material, in particular in foamed plastic material. Such a transporting crate is then usually transported in an upright position. The picture is tightly encased on all sides by padding material in order that it does not become damaged if subjected to any vibration or jolting during transportation. Transportation damage occurs again and again along the bottom periphery of the frame, which is subjected to the full weight of the picture and frame. Tightly packed padding all round a picture, moreover, has disadvantages in respect of constant climatic conditions.
  • the prior-art transporting crate for picture frames which has been mentioned above has, in the first instance, a base which defines a length direction and a width direction and is in the form of a plywood panel or laminated-wood panel and, glued to it, four side walls which define a height direction and are likewise made of plywood or laminated-wood panel.
  • the open side of this wooden transporting crate can be closed by a cover which likewise consists of wood. All the surfaces may be stiffened further by reinforcing struts.
  • All the inner surfaces of the base, side walls and cover of this transporting crate are provided with a continuous layer which is made of a dense closed-cell foamed plastic and, in this case, is approximately 5 cm thick.
  • This continuous layer serves the purposes of thermal insulation and of insulating the interior of this transporting crate.
  • the layer of insulating material on the cover leaves free a narrow periphery all the way round which corresponds to the thickness of the side walls together with the insulating layer there, so that, when the cover is closed, the layer of insulating material is, at it were, fitted in and the periphery of the cover butts directly against the insulating material on the side walls.
  • Each corner angle comprises an additional base leg, which is fastened on the layer of insulating material and is made of a closed-cell, foamed plastic material with good padding properties, in particular a polyethylene foam with a thickness of, in the example, 5 cm to 10 cm, as well as a peripheral crosspiece made of the same material on each adjacent side wall.
  • the fourth part of the respective frame-fastening element namely a covering leg comprising a corresponding plate, is located in the correct position at the corresponding location, in all four corners on the underside of the cover. If the cover is put in place on the side walls, then the four covering legs complete the other parts of the frame-fastening elements and leave free, in the height direction, a certain spacing between the base leg and the covering leg.
  • Such a transporting crate can only be used with a picture frame of which the thickness is equal to, or somewhat greater than, the clear spacing in the height direction which is defined by the base legs and the covering legs.
  • the picture frame is always subjected to a certain amount of pressure if it is to be fixed securely in the transporting crate.
  • a further disadvantage of the transporting crate explained above is that, in terms of all its dimensions, it is suitable basically just for a quite specific picture frame. There is no serious possibility of altering it either in the length direction and width direction or, in particular, in the height direction, that is to say for the thickness of the picture frame.
  • variable transporting-crate systems which allow adjustability in all directions (U.S. Pat. No. 5,314,159; U.S. Pat. No. 5,518,118; U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,301).
  • These transporting crates require a stable metal structure at least for adjustment in the height direction so that, in comparison with the transporting crate which has been explained above, the weight of this universally useable transporting crate is increased.
  • the teaching of the invention is based on the problem of making it possible for this transporting crate to be used to better effect for picture frames of different dimensions, in particular of different thicknesses.
  • the transporting crate for picture frames which addresses the above problem is distinguished by the following features:
  • a transporting crate for picture frames having a base which defines a length direction and a width direction, having a plurality of side walls which define a height direction, having a cover and having frame-fastening elements which are configured as corner angles or side angles, it being the case that each frame-fastening element consists entirely of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or is provided with such a material on the surfaces which come into contact with the picture frame, it being the case that a spacing which remains in the height direction between the closed cover and the top side of a picture frame which has been placed in position, or a padding plate which covers the top side of the picture frame, is, or can be, filled by means of a heightwise spacer of the frame-fastening element, and it being the case that the heightwise spacer is coordinated precisely, in terms of length, with the remaining spacing.
  • the heightwise spacer referred to as “covering leg” in the description of the prior art, is coordinated precisely, in terms of length, with the spacing which remains in the height direction between the closed cover and the top side of the picture frame provided, or of a padding plate which covers this top side. It is thus possible for the picture frame provided to be transported in the transporting crate in a precise manner and, in practice, without being subjected to any pressure. Rather than already being included in the transporting crate with certain dimensioning in the height direction, the heightwise spacer is thus adapted in terms of length to the specific picture frame.
  • the abovementioned task which is relevant according to the invention, of adapting the length of the heightwise spacer to the specific picture frame in each case can be performed in that a transporting crate is accompanied by a supply of heightwise spacers of different lengths, and the task of coordinating the length of the heightwise spacer appropriate for a picture frame of a certain thickness is performed by a selection being made from the supply of heightwise spacers.
  • the heightwise spacer consists of a material which is easy to cut on site, in particular of a foamed plastic material, it is initially provided in the form of a longer rod or strip of the material with the cross section of the heightwise spacer, and the task of coordinating the length of the heightwise spacer appropriate for a picture frame of a certain thickness is performed by virtue of the appropriate length being cut off precisely from the rod or the strip.
  • the solution which is preferred according to the invention for adapting the length of the actual heightwise spacer to the thickness of the picture frame which has been placed in position is based on the fact that the “supply” of heightwise spacers is provided in the form of a continuous, longer rod or strip, possibly also wound up in roll form, made of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or some other material which is particularly easy to cut.
  • the material is provided in the form of a continuous, longer rod or strip, possibly also wound up in roll form, made of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or some other material which is particularly easy to cut.
  • a rod made of balsawood would also advantageously be possible in principle.
  • the essential factor is for the material to be one which is easy to cut, using straightforward means, on site.
  • the transporting crate which is proposed according to the invention makes it possible for the specific picture frame to be positioned in the frame-fastening elements and then for the heightwise spacers for the individual frame-fastening elements to be cut to the length appropriate for the spacing which remains in the height direction up to the inside of the closed cover.
  • the latter can be fixed in the height direction in the transporting crate directly by the end side of the respective heightwise spacer or for a padding plate, which covers the top side of the picture frame or a part thereof and is preferably likewise made of foamed plastic material, to be positioned therebetween.
  • the frame-fastening elements may, in principle, be corner angles or side angles, as has been described specifically in terms of functioning, albeit with a different design, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,518,118.
  • a transporting crate for picture frames having a base which defines a length direction and a width direction, having a plurality of side walls which define a height direction, having a cover and having frame-fastening elements which are configured as corner angles or side angles, it being the case that each frame-fastening element consists entirely of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or is provided with such a material on the surfaces which come into contact with the picture frame, it being the case that a spacing which remains in the height direction between the closed cover and the top side of a picture frame which has been placed in position, or a padding plate which covers the top side of the picture frame, is, or can be, filled by means of a heightwise spacer, and it being the case that at least one frame-fastening element has at least one peripheral crosspiece extending in the height direction, in the case of which a lateral spacer can be fastened in a releasable manner on the outside, which is directed away from the heightwise spacer.
  • a first preferred method is defined by the following features:
  • a method of arranging a picture frame in a transporting crate it being the case that the transporting crate has a base which defines a length direction and a width direction, a plurality of side walls which define a height direction, a cover and frame-fastening elements which are configured as corner angles or side angles, it being the case that each frame-fastening element of the transporting crate consists entirely of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or is provided with such a material on the surfaces which come into contact with the picture frame, it being the case that at least one frame-fastening element has a peripheral crosspiece extending in the height direction, and heightwise female or male shaping of a form-fitting arrangement is provided on the peripheral crosspiece, it being the case that the picture frame is positioned appropriately in the open transporting crate, it being the case that a relatively long rod or a relatively long strip of a material which is easy to cut on site and has a cross section which matches the form-fitting arrangement on the peripheral crosspiece is provided, it being the case
  • a further method, which is also expedient is different from the first, and is defined by the following features:
  • a method of arranging a picture frame in a transporting crate it being the case that the transporting crate has a base which defines a length direction and a width direction, a plurality of side walls which define a height direction, a cover and frame-fastening elements which are configured as corner angles or side angles, it being the case that each frame-fastening element of the transporting crate consists entirely of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or is provided with such a material on the surfaces which come into contact with the picture frame, it being the case that at least one frame-fastening element has a peripheral crosspiece extending in the height direction, and heightwise female or male shaping of the form-fitting arrangement is provided on the peripheral crosspiece, it being the case that the picture frame is positioned appropriately in the open transporting crate, it being the case that a supply of heightwise spacers of different lengths is kept in stock, these heightwise spacers each having a cross section which matches the form-fitting arrangement on the peripheral crosspiece, it being the case that
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a first exemplary embodiment of a transporting crate according to the invention, with the cover removed,
  • FIG. 2 shows a system for displacing the frame-fastening elements of the transporting crate from FIG. 1 ,
  • FIG. 3 shows an enlarged, perspective illustration of a frame-fastening element of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 ,
  • FIG. 3 a shows an enlarged, perspective illustration of a frame fastening element of another exemplary embodiment
  • FIG. 4 shows the illustration from FIG. 3 , in this case with the already inserted heightwise spacer cut to the desired length
  • FIG. 4 a shows the illustration from FIG. 3 a , in this case with the already inserted heightwise spacer cut to the desired length
  • FIG. 5 shows, in an illustration corresponding to FIG. 3 , a frame-fastening element with a heightwise spacer which is fastened by a touch-and-close fastening arrangement
  • FIG. 6 shows, in an illustration corresponding to FIG. 3 , a frame-fastening element with spacers which are provided with form-fitting arrangements, and
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective illustration of a complete transporting crate of the basic construction described here, specifically illustrated in the form of the design belonging to the prior art.
  • FIG. 7 shows the prior art. Indeed, the basic construction of FIG. 7 also applies to the present transporting crate according to the invention.
  • the transporting crate for picture frames or the like which is illustrated in perspective in FIG. 7 has, in the first instance, a base 1 which in this case consists of plywood or laminated wood and defines a length direction and a width direction. Fixed to the base 1 are a plurality of side walls 2 which define a height direction, in this case four side walls 2 , which are arranged in a rectangle, and likewise consist of plywood or laminated wood. Additional wooden struts 3 can be seen on the side walls 2 . Wood is the most commonly used material for such a transporting crate, although it would, of course, also be possible in principle, to use aluminum or some other metal or a correspondingly injection-molded thermoplastic material. For cost-related reasons, however, wood is used in most cases.
  • a cover 4 Shown on the left in FIG. 7 is a cover 4 , which is likewise configured here as a panel made of plywood or laminated wood.
  • all the inner surfaces of the transporting crate are provided with a continuous layer made of a plastic insulating material 5 .
  • the general part of the description has already referred to the special features of this insulation material 5 . It serves for thermal insulation and vibration insulation, but not, in this case, for padding purposes.
  • a typical insulating material is formed by a foamed polystyrene.
  • the transporting crate which is illustrated in FIG. 7 , and is attributable to the prior art, has, in the exemplary embodiment illustrated, a wooden-panel thickness of 12 mm to 19 mm, with corresponding struts, and an insulating-material layer thickness of approximately 5 cm.
  • frame-fastening elements 6 configured as corner angles are located in all four corners.
  • These frame-fastening elements 6 here consist entirely of a lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material in particular of a polyethylene foam.
  • a polyethylene foam such a product is commercially available, for example, under the brand name Neopolen E or the brand name EPERAN.
  • the essential factors are its excellent padding properties, its good restoring properties following dynamic loading, its very low level of water absorption and its good chemical resistance.
  • each frame-fastening element 6 comprises a plate-like base leg 6 a, a likewise plate-like peripheral crosspiece 6 b on each of the adjacent side walls 2 and a plate-like covering leg 6 c which has already been put in position on the cover 4 .
  • the special feature of this design is explained in detail in the general part of the description.
  • the insulating material 5 of the cover 4 leaves free a periphery all the way round which corresponds approximately to the thickness of the side walls 2 . It is thus possible for the cover 4 to be put in place on the side walls 2 and at the same time, for the insulating material 5 on the cover 4 to be allowed to “penetrate” inward, so that it butts against the insulating material 5 of the side walls 2 .
  • the insulating material 5 rests on the peripheral crosspieces 6 b of the frame-fastening elements 6 and is located within the layers of insulating material 5 on the side walls 2 .
  • FIG. 7 There is no picture frame 7 indicated in FIG. 7 , but such a picture frame 7 is indicated by dashed lines in FIGS. 1 and 3 , so that it is possible to conceive of how the picture frame 7 is positioned in such a transporting crate.
  • FIG. 7 shows that, in any case, what matters is that each frame-fastening element 6 either consists entirely, as is the case in FIG. 7 , of lightweight, padding, foamed plastic material or is provided with such a padding material in any case on the surfaces which come into contact with the picture frames 7 or the like.
  • FIG. 7 it would be conceivable for at least one frame-fastening element 6 to be placed, and fixed, in different positions in the length direction and/or in the width direction relative to the base 1 . Touch-and-close fastening arrangements over the entire surface area have already been mentioned here.
  • a further important factor for fixing the picture frame 7 securely in the transporting crate is the height direction.
  • the covering legs 6 c in the prior-art exemplary embodiment from FIG. 7 constitute heightwise spacers 8 by means of which a spacing which remains in the height direction between the closed cover 4 and the top side of a picture frame 7 which has been placed in position, or a padding plate which covers the top side of the picture frame, can be, or is, filled.
  • FIGS. 1 and 3 If one looks at FIGS. 1 and 3 together, then it can be seen that the static, predetermined dimensioning of the prior art according to FIG. 7 has been replaced according to the invention in that the heightwise spacer 8 (referred to as covering leg 6 c in the prior art from FIG. 7 ) is coordinated precisely, in terms of length, with the spacing remaining in the height direction, which has been explained above. Oversizing of the heightwise spacer 8 in the height direction is always avoided.
  • a transporting crate is accompanied by a supply of heightwise spacers 8 of different lengths, and the task of coordinating the length of the heightwise spacer 8 appropriate for a picture frame 7 of a certain thickness is performed by a selection being made from the supply of heightwise spacers 8 .
  • the abovementioned supply of heightwise spacers 8 of different lengths would then have to be kept in stock.
  • FIGS. 1 and 3 together show that, in accordance with preferred teaching, it is provided here that the heightwise spacer 8 consists of a material which is easy to cut on site, in particular of a foamed plastic material, it is initially provided in the form of a longer rod 9 or strip of the material with the cross section of the heightwise spacer 8 , and the task of coordinating the length of the heightwise spacer 8 appropriate for a picture frame 7 of a certain thickness is performed by virtue of the appropriate length being cut off precisely from the rod 9 .
  • FIG. 4 shows how the longer rod 9 has been made into the heightwise spacer 8 shortened to the desired length on site.
  • the heightwise spacer 8 or the rod 9 according to the invention is made of material which is easy to cut on site, in particular of foamed plastic material, for example once again of a polyethylene foam, the rod 9 can readily be cut on site so as to fill precisely the spacing which remains in the height direction in respect of the specific picture frame 7 .
  • the specific dimensioning of the heightwise spacer 8 which is proposed in accordance with the preferred teaching, can be achieved by virtue of the remaining spacing in the height direction being measured with the picture frame 7 already placed in position and of this being measured out on the rod 9 . Going from FIG. 3 to FIG. 4 , however, the exemplary embodiment illustrated shows that, in accordance with preferred teaching, it is provided that the top edge of the frame-fastening element 6 defines the position of the underside of the cover 4 , and that the task of cutting off the heightwise spacer 8 of appropriate length from the longer rod 9 is performed directly at the top edge of the frame-fastening element 6 , with the rod 9 inserted or plugged into the frame-fastening element 6 . This automatically results in the correct height dimension.
  • the cover 4 can be put in place and the transporting crate can thus be closed.
  • the picture frame 7 is then fixed securely.
  • the frame-fastening elements 6 or individual frame-fastening elements 6 are formed in whole or in part from a continuous padded lining throughout the transporting crate.
  • independent complete frame-fastening elements 6 with a base leg 6 a, peripheral crosspiece 6 b and heightwise spacer 8 are realized in the exemplary embodiments which are illustrated and preferred.
  • FIG. 3 shows a design of the frame-fastening element 6 with its basic shape 10 configured as a corner angle and made, for example, of wood or rigid, thermoplastic material and, fitted thereon, the plastic padding material of the base leg 6 a in the form of a corresponding padding plate and the two peripheral crosspieces 6 b .
  • FIG. 3 uses dashed lines to illustrate the picture frames 7 placed in position and, thereon, also an angled padding plate 11 which is adapted to the shape of the frame-fastening element 6 and is made of foamed plastic material, in particular, once again, of a polyethylene foam.
  • This padding plate 11 need not always be present, however; it is quite possible, in certain circumstances, for the picture frame 7 to be fixed in the height direction just by the heightwise spacers 8
  • Touch-and-close fastening arrangements 12 can be used in order to fasten the heightwise spacers 8 in a releasable manner on the peripheral crosspieces 6 b of the frame-fastening elements 6 .
  • This is shown in the modified exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 .
  • a dashed line indicates the location at which the heightwise spacer 8 is cut.
  • the heightwise spacers 8 have touch-and-close fastening surfaces on their rear side which match a touch-and-close fastening surface which forms part of the touch-and-close fastening arrangement 12 and is located on the peripheral crosspiece 6 b of the frame-fastening element 6 , these surfaces only being indicated in FIG. 5 .
  • an adhesive-bonding arrangement which should preferably be of re-releasable configuration.
  • a form-fitting arrangement 13 is provided in order to fasten the heightwise spacer 8 in a releasable manner on the peripheral crosspiece 6 b of the frame-fastening element 6 .
  • the form-fitting arrangement 13 comprises female shaping running in the height direction and matching male shaping.
  • the female shaping is located on the peripheral crosspiece 6 b
  • the male shaping is located on the heightwise spacer 8 . This is particularly expedient because all the space in the angle formed by the frame-fastening element 6 can thus be utilized for the surface of the picture frame 7 .
  • the female shaping is formed, for example, by a T groove, although in the exemplary embodiment which is illustrated, and preferred, it is formed by a dovetail groove 13 a .
  • the male shaping here is formed by a dovetail tongue 13 b on the heightwise spacer 8 .
  • the rod 9 which contains the heightwise spacer 8 in the form of a cut-off part, is plugged into the dovetail groove 13 a on the peripheral crosspiece 6 b from above, by means of the dovetail tongue 13 b , until the end side of the rod 9 is seated on the top padding plate 11 .
  • the rod 9 is then cut off flush with the top periphery of the peripheral crosspiece 6 b , and the desired spacing in the height direction is automatically realized by means of the heightwise spacer 8 , see FIG. 4 .
  • FIG. 2 in conjunction with FIG. 1 , how, in the first exemplary embodiment, all the right-hand, frame-fastening elements 6 are adjusted in the length direction in relation to the left-hand frame-fastening elements 6 .
  • guide rails 14 which are known per se from the prior art and in which guide strips 15 on the underside of a touch-and-close fastening panel 16 can slide. It is thus possible to displace the entire touch-and-close fastening panel 16 with the two frame-fastening elements 6 in FIG. 1 , while the touch-and-close fastening panel 16 on the left in FIG. 1 is fixed in position.
  • Touch-and-close fastening arrangements on the touch-and-close fastening panel 16 can be used to shift the respective frame-fastening elements 6 individually, in turn, in the width direction.
  • a form-fitting arrangement 13 is also provided in order to fasten the padding plate 11 in a releasable manner on the frame-fastening element 6 .
  • the part or the parts of the form-fitting arrangement 13 on the frame-fastening element 6 is or are the same both for the heightwise spacer 8 and for the padding plate 11 .
  • the frame-fastening element 6 has at least one peripheral crosspiece 6 b extending in the height direction, and in that a lateral spacer 17 can be fastened in a releasable manner on the outside of the peripheral crosspiece 6 b which is directed away from the heightwise spacer 8 .
  • the spacer 17 consists of a lightweight material, in particular of a foamed plastic material ( FIG. 6 ).
  • FIG. 6 shows a form-fitting arrangement 19 in this respect.
  • FIG. 6 also shows a particularly preferred configuration of the transporting crate according to the invention where the frame-fastening element 6 actually consists entirely of foamed plastic material, in particular polyethylene foam, and where it is also provided that each spacer 17 , for its part, has female shaping on one side, and on the opposite side, matching male shaping of a form-fitting arrangement 19 .
  • the peripheral crosspiece 6 b of this frame-fastening element 6 has the dovetail groove 13 a for the heightwise spacer 8 and, opposite this, a further dovetail groove 19 a for the associated spacer 17 .
  • the spacer 17 itself has a dovetail tongue 19 b on one side and, opposite this, a dovetail groove 19 a for the connection, if necessary, of a further spacer 17 .
  • the exemplary embodiment which is illustrated in FIG. 6 shows, on the left, a thick spacer 17 and, on the right, a thick spacer 17 , a thin spacer 17 and a medium-sized spacer 17 .
  • the arrangement of the dovetail grooves 19 a and dovetail tongues 19 b for the spacers 17 results in the frame-fastening element 6 not having any projecting dovetail tongues 19 b on the outer sides. It can thus always be inserted smoothly into the transporting crate.
  • the spacers 17 can be fixed by touch-and-close fastening arrangements or adhesive bonding arrangements in relation to the frame-fastening element.
  • the frame-fastening element 6 is typically 15 cm to approximately 25 cm, in the height direction, while the padding plates 11 have a typical thickness of 20 mm.

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